This year, Enka High School's Parent/Teacher/Student Leadership Team has initiated a more cohesive, cross-curricular approach to the district wide summer reading program. As a result of that initiative, our House created some sample collaborative lessons to tie to one of the most popular student choice novels, John Green's The Fault in Our Stars. Summary and Goodreads.com review here Curriculum Standards English Language Arts:
CCSS. ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
CCSS. ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Biology Essential Standards: Bio 3.4.3 Explain how various disease agents (bacteria, viruses, chemicals) can influence natural selection Bio 3.1.3 Explain how mutations in DNA that result from interactions with the environment or new combinations in existing genes lead to changes in function and phenotype.
Math Common Core: Linear, Quadratic, and exponential models F- LE
Construct and compare linear, quadratic, and exponential models and solve problems
1. Distinguish between situations that can be modeled with linear
functions and with exponential functions.
Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative data S-ID
Summarize, represent, and interpret data on two categorical and quantitative variables
6. Represent data on two quantitative variables on a scatter plot, and describe how the variables are related.
a. Fit a function to the data; use functions fitted to data to solve problems in the context of the data. Use given functions or choose a function suggested by the context. Emphasize linear, quadratic, and exponential models.
CTE:
PBF 5.02 Understanding Risk Management and Insurance Objectives
Students will read a novel independently and choose, analyze, and write about both standard literary elements and personal connections in the text. They will create an individual book conveying those elements.
Students will understand the importance of drug prescription and dosage.
Students will use appropriate resources to collect and analyze data.
Students will use appropriate tools to plot data.
Students will differentiate between linear, quadratic, and exponential data.
Students will use appropriate tools to fit a function to data.
Students will understand the differences in Insurance coverage (Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Cancer Insurance).
Learning Activities
Explore Learning: Drug Dosage
English-Students will choose and read a novel from the school wide summer reading list. Students will review the common literary elements of plot, theme, significance of character, setting, point-of-view, symbolism, tone, inference, and personal connection to text both independently and in class. Recommended review sites:Jeopardy for classroom or group use, Studyblue.com for individual review or personal student/instructor app choice. Students will then brainstorm and plan their ABC book according to the instructions and rubric below.
Science-Using the online simulation gizmo from explorelearning.com to study how doctors decide on the correct dosage needed to administer to sick patients. They will work in groups of two and explore what side effects from medicine mean, what limit to the dosage are there, and how doctors make the decisions for the correct dosage.
Math- The teacher will set up a laptop and data projector at the front of the classroom. Then the teacher will access the National Cancer Institute website and model how to use the website to look up statistics on different types of cancer. The teacher will ask for student input as to what to look up. Factors include type of cancer, sex, race, age, mortality rate, survival rate, years of data, etc. Once the data has been decided on, the teacher will use Geogebra to model data input into a spreadsheet. Once data has been inputted, the teacher will use Geogebra to create a list of points and plot them on a graph. Then the teacher will lead discourse as to the type of equation that will model the data; linear, quadratic, exponential, etc. The teacher will demonstrate how to create sliders and the students will give input as to how to manipulate the sliders to create an equation that best fits the data. After the whole class discussion is complete, students will be placed into groups. Once in groups, the students will visit the National Cancer Institute website to find data on different types of cancer that relate to the book The Fault in Our Stars. The students will open the Geogebra application on their laptop and input the data that they have found into the spreadsheet tool. Students will plot then plot the points on a graph. Once the points have been plotted, students will manipulate a function with the use of sliders in order to come up with an equation that will model the data. Since students will be give choice on the data that they collect, the results of their plots will vary. Some may be best modeled by a linear function, some may be quadratic, and others may appear exponential. Students will create a short presentation highlighting their data collection factors and the equation that they came up with to model the data.
CTE- The students will use an internet search engine to research and understand the difference in types of insurance coverage. After researching the different types of insurance coverage's (health insurance, life insurance and cancer insurance insurance), the students will post a video or voice recording explaining the difference of each insurance coverage.
Integration of App/Tool
Bookemon-Students will plan and create an online book using the Bookemon tool. Students' books will be graded according to rubric.
Explore Learning: Work and collaborate in your group to discover the methods of drug dosage prescription. Fill out the assignments and email the final copy to your teacher when you are finished.
Geogebra- Students will use Geogebra to input data into a spreadsheet function. They will then explore the dynamic relationship between a set of data and the function that models the data set.
Wiggio- Students will work individually. Each student will research the different types of insurance coverage. Once they have completed the research, each student will either post a video or a voice recording to Wiggio feed that explains the difference in the 3 types of insurance coverage. Students will view and comment on their classmates posts using Wiggio.
Collaboration Synchronous Collaboration:
Literary review will be both synchronous in classrooms as well as encouraged independently.
Students will work in groups to complete explore learning gizmo on drug dosage.
Students will participate in full class discourse on data collection and function modeling.
Students will work in small groups to collect data, model functions, and present their findings.
Asynchronous Collaboration:
Students will create online ebook independently.
Students will fill out the drug dosage gizmo assignments and email them to the teacher.
Students will research insurance coverage and post videos or voice recordings to Wiggio.
Students will respond to their classmates work through posts on Wiggio.
ISTE NETS-T
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
a. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
b. Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources
c. Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
3. Model Digital Age Work and Learning
d. Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
b. Address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources
c. Promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information
5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
b. Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others
c. Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning
d. Contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community
Science assessment will include a detailed analysis of the health of the patient to be submitted by groups.
Math assessment- Students will create a short presentation where they outline the variables used in collecting data (race, age, sex, etc). They will then describe the modeling process that they used in order to fit the data to a function. Afterwards, they will turn in a screen capture of their data plot with the function that models the data. Finally, students will be given random samples of linear, quadratic, and exponential data to plot and create model functions for.
CTE assessment will based on the accuracy of their research provided by their voice or video recording.
Materials/Resources
Computers with internet access
Computers with capacity for running java based applications.
Printer
Data projector for presentations
Cell phones
Copy of novel--print or online text
Value Beyond the Classroom Cancer is becoming more and more common and virtually everyone knows someone who has been afflicted with cancer. By studying cancer and its effects, students become more aware of the disease and how it affects those impacted by it. By discussing cancer, it is hopeful that students are able to share their feelings as well as learn to support one another if needed. Some other items of value are as follows:
Students will learn of netiquette, image copyright restrictions, publishing costs, and website file use.
Students will gain an understanding of why you shouldn't take more dosage than is called for by doctor and why you should never take another prescription than your own.
Students will gain an understanding of the different types of insurance coverage and why it may be important to carry cancer insurance as well as traditional medical insurance.
Students will become aware of the statistics involved with cancer types which may help them better understand diagnosis and outlook for cancer patients.
Curriculum Standards
English Language Arts:
CCSS. ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
CCSS. ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Biology Essential Standards:
Bio 3.4.3 Explain how various disease agents (bacteria, viruses, chemicals) can influence natural selection
Bio 3.1.3 Explain how mutations in DNA that result from interactions with the environment or new combinations in existing genes lead to changes in function and phenotype.
Math Common Core:
Linear, Quadratic, and exponential models F- LE
Construct and compare linear, quadratic, and exponential models and solve problems
1. Distinguish between situations that can be modeled with linear
functions and with exponential functions.
Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative data S-ID
Summarize, represent, and interpret data on two categorical and quantitative variables
6. Represent data on two quantitative variables on a scatter plot, and describe how the variables are related.
a. Fit a function to the data; use functions fitted to data to solve problems in the context of the data. Use given functions or choose a function suggested by the context. Emphasize linear, quadratic, and exponential models.
CTE:
PBF 5.02 Understanding Risk Management and Insurance
Objectives
Learning Activities
Explore Learning: Drug Dosage
Integration of App/Tool
Collaboration
Synchronous Collaboration:
Asynchronous Collaboration:
ISTE NETS-T
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
a. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
b. Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources
c. Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
2. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
3. Model Digital Age Work and Learning
d. Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
b. Address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources
c. Promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information
5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
b. Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others
c. Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning
d. Contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community
Assessment
Materials/Resources
Value Beyond the Classroom
Cancer is becoming more and more common and virtually everyone knows someone who has been afflicted with cancer. By studying cancer and its effects, students become more aware of the disease and how it affects those impacted by it. By discussing cancer, it is hopeful that students are able to share their feelings as well as learn to support one another if needed.
Some other items of value are as follows:
Lesson Development Resources/Citations